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Kamuela Kirk vs. Esteban Ribovics

UFC 1-2-0 vs. 6-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-2-0
UFC record
6-3-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
32
AgeΔ 2 yrs
30
5'10"
HeightΔ 0"
5'10"
75"
ReachΔ 6"
69"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
39.4
Layoff (months)Δ 38.8 mo
0.6
LLW
Last 5 (newest first)
WWLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Kamuela Kirk is a submission threat — 1.51 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Featherweight norm.
Esteban Ribovics carries real power — 0.78 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Esteban Ribovics outworks the Lightweight division — 7.46 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.44 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Kamuela Kirk

Full career not yet synced for Kamuela Kirk — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 1-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Esteban Ribovics

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 53
Tier 3 — regional circuit 100

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.36 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 18 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.6 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1062.67/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
7137.46/min · norm 3.44
1674.21/min · norm 3.50
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
5505.75/min · norm 3.38
47.3%norm 44.7%
Striking accuracy
44.0%norm 43.65%
49.2%norm 54.8%
Striking defense
53.7%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
50.78/15 · norm 0.25

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Kamuela Kirk

Distance 94.6% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 4.9% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 0.4% (norm 6.5%)

Esteban Ribovics

Distance 94.6% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 2.4% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 3.0% (norm 8.0%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Kamuela Kirk

Head 71.9% (norm 77.5%) · Body 17.0% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 11.2% (norm 7.9%)

Esteban Ribovics

Head 84.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 9.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.4% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Kirk L/AAccFeatherweight med Ribovics L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 96 / 212 45.3% 40.5% 653 / 1533 42.6% 38.3%
In the clinch 9 / 11 too few to rate 70.5% 28 / 39 71.8% 67.5%
On the ground 1 / 1 too few to rate 69.3% 32 / 48 66.7% 68.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 58 / 161 36.0% 37.1% 526 / 1375 38.3% 35.1%
To the body 26 / 38 68.4% 68.0% 115 / 157 73.2% 69.1%
To the legs 22 / 25 88.0% 80.3% 72 / 88 81.8% 81.8%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Featherweight: 127 fighters · Lightweight: 204 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Kirk L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Ribovics L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 134 / 282 47.5% 39.3% 517 / 1149 45.0% 38.8%
In the clinch 12 / 15 too few to rate 70.3% 17 / 21 too few to rate 68.6%
On the ground 21 / 32 65.6% 69.4% 16 / 18 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 130 / 278 46.8% 35.9% 385 / 971 39.6% 35.2%
To the body 30 / 43 69.8% 68.0% 119 / 167 71.3% 68.2%
To the legs 7 / 8 too few to rate 81.5% 46 / 50 92.0% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
321.4% acc · 1.13/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
266.7% acc · 0.31/15 · norm 1.34
535.7% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
3866.7% def · norm 63.7%
7:5419.9% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
3:413.9% of cage time · norm 18.95%
13:425:10 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
21:573:26 per 15 · norm 2:50
41.51/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
10.16/15 · norm 0.48

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Ribovics has more cage time on record.